Lesser Pool Covers or Wheels are shown in the following table to overwhelmingly reduce your chances of winning a prize.
Using the classic Pick 6, Pool 49 Lotto game (the principle is applicable to any Lotto game) the reduction can be as much as
65% in the reasonably short term, say, 1,000 plays.

Basically the extent of repetition of paying sub-set combinations in the set played such as CombThrees, CombFours
and even CombFives along with how much of the Pool is used and good coverage will determine how well a play set
structure will perform.

Meaning of Guarantee

The guarantee of the prize when playing a set of Lotto numbers which is a Cover or Wheel with guarantee is only
applicable to the Pool of numbers used in that particular Cover or Wheel for the lowest set of lines. For the 6/49 Lotto game the
record minimum set of lines with no ifs or buts is 163 for a CombThree prize. Prefixing a guarantee for a lesser Pool Cover or Wheel
with a highly improbable 'if' does not make it more likely! If you play a 7 line Full Wheel or all the possible combinations of 6 from a
Pool of 7 in a 6/49 Lotto game then, sure, if the 6 main integers drawn are in the 7 integers you have used in your Pool of 7 then you
win or share first prize - but the likelihood of this happening is the same as playing any other 7 lines. The principle applies to the
sub-prizes and because generally a Cover or Wheel for the minimum set of lines is distorted compared to random selections
which are in accord with the odds your chances of success are diminished as the table below makes abundantly clear.

A 3if6 guarantee for a 6/49 Lotto game means that for all the 13,983,816 combinations of six integers at least one CombThree
in each combination is in the 163 line set played. While it is possible to have 163 x 20 = 3260 CombThrees the 163 line set
actually has only 3007 distinct CombThrees with 142 repeated twice, 11 three times, 18 four times, 5 five times and 3 six times.

Little mathematical ability is needed to work out that if a pool of 12 is used then the possible number of CombThrees is
220 (ie 12c3) but after 4 lines repeats are unavoidable and a minimum number of 15 lines is needed to get them all in. When this 15
line set is applied to a 6/49 Lotto game the coverage of the CombThrees is only 14.8% as shown in the table below. Using the first 15
lines from my 365 line set which uses the full Pool of 49 integers, no repeat CombThrees and coverage progressively calculated to next
best play, a coverage some 50% more of 23.5% is obtained.

Generally, the choice between using the Full Pool or a Lesser Pool for a given Lotto game boils down to
wanting overall a better percentage return or yield which is the universal method of measuring ones chances of success in a game of
chance. Would you prefer 17 CombThree and 1 CombFour wins over 2 years playing 10 lines once a week in a 6/49 Lotto game or
12 CombThrees and 1 CombFour wins as is the case for a reduced Pool of 10 which has a GUARANTEE OF A COMBTHREE PRIZE FOR
THE POOL OF 10 BUT NOT FOR THE POOL OF 49. I prefer the better percentage return or yield of 22.6% compared to 20.6% with more
wins more often.

It is easily seen that using the full Pool for a 6/49 game gives better results than the Covers or Wheels where the Pool
used is less than 49. While the guarantee does apply to the lesser Pool IT DOES NOT APPLY to the full Pool of 49 and
usually because of the repetition of CombThrees, CombFours and even CombFives gives significantly less coverage and consequent
yield.

Worth noting is the fact that since the full pool calculations have been done with no duplicate CombThrees then they are all
optimized for 3if3 ie each added line covers the maximum 20 CombThrees in a line for the 18,424 possible CombThrees.

Comparing the 3if6 calculations for a given number of lines then the higher the 3if6 figure is the higher the likelihod of
more wins more often and the higher the Yield figure the more likely you are to get the expected return over a reasonable
number of draw participations. Most constructions will return the expected yield over a thousand or so draws but why wait 20
years when you can get that same return in 2 years?

One can also see that to win 1st prize in a 6/49 Lotto game ie 6if6 then whatever the method used to construct the set
no difference is made to the likelihood of winning the jackpot as the only requirement is not to repeat a line.

As the increase in the Yield or Percentage Return is only around the 2 to 4 Percent compared to Random Selections it is only
the finicky few, like myself, that bother to deliberately maximize the chances of a better return with the lower prizes and
under no dellusions about the chances of winning first prize.

Comment is kept deliberately to a minimim to keep this an accurate reference table. Articles exposing the con-artists that
promote these lesser pool Covers or Wheels will refer back to the following table.

Comparison Coverage and Yield for Lesser Pool Covers or Wheels applied
to 6/49 Lotto Game

Coverage 6/49 Game for Partial Cover (Nil) using max Pool for lines and Partial Pool Covers

Expected Yield for Draws required to approximate 1000 Plays

3 if 6

4 if 6

5 if 6

6if6

1

3 if 6

6

2606241.86375%

138040.09871%

2590.00185%

10.00000007%

23.6%1000 draws

4 if 6

6

5 if 6

6

6 if 6

6

3 if 6

7

4 if 6

7

5 if 6

7

3 if 6

8

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2

3 if 5

9

4817043.44472%

272030.19453%

5180.0037%

20.00000014%

22.6%500 draws

3 if 5

10

5045323.60797%

275720.19717%

3 if 5

11

5171483.69819%

276080.19743%

3 if 5

12

5208483.72465%

23.6%500 draws

3 if 6

13

5208483.72465%

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5208483.72465%

276080.19743%

23.6%500 draws

3

3 if 4

8

5181043.70503%

334430.23916%

7220.00516%

30.00000021%

20.6%Say 333 draws

4 if 5

8

5714044.08618%

367640.2629%

7650.00547%

15.0%Say 333 draws

4 if 6

9

5753044.11407%

355640.25432%

7280.00521%

23.6%Say 333 draws

3 if 4

9

6369244.55472%

389640.27864%

7730.00553%

19.6%Say 333 draws

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7806725.58268%

414120.29614%

7770.00556%

23.6%Say 333 draws

4

3 if 3

7

4328243.09518%

301630.2157%

7630.00546%

40.00000029%

15.0%250 draws

3 if 3

8

6566844.69603%

466040.33327%

10120.00724%

21.6%250 draws

5 if 6

8

6566844.69603%

466040.33327%

10120.00724%

23.6%250 draws

3 if 6

14

9244486.61084%

534760.38241%

10320.00738%

21.6%250 draws

3 if 6

15

8964686.41075%

527680.37725%

22.6%250 draws

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10400967.46786%

552160.39486%

10360.00741%

23.6%250 draws

5

4 if 4

7

4328243.09518%

316261.65852%

8470.00606%

50.00000036%

18.6%200 draws

4 if 6

11

9312156.65923%

599320.42858%

12380.00885%

23.6%200 draws

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12991209.29017%

690200.49357%

12950.00926%

6

5 if 5

7

4328243.09518%

310240.22186%

8890.00636%

60.00000043%

17.0%Say 167 draws

3 if 4

12

11990588.57461%

774500.55385%

15420.01103%

21.6%Say 167 draws

4 if 6

12

12001688.58255%

788460.56384%

15540.01111%

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155774411.13962%

828240.59228%

23.6%Say 167 draws

7

6 if 6 System 7

7

4328243.09518%

310240.22186%

8890.00636%

70.00000050%

16.0%Say 143 draws

5 if 6

9

8740446.2504%

683040.48845%

16040.01147%

17.6%Say 143 draws

3 if 3

9

9333246.67432%

714240.51076%

16400.01173%

20.6%Say 143 draws

4 if 5

10

10429927.45856%

767280.54869%

16990.01215%

19.6%Say 143 draws

3 if 5

15

154906411.07755%

959960.68648%

18130.01296%

22.6%Say 143 draws

3 if 6

18

145752210.42292%

912540.65257%

18010.01288%

20.6%Say 143 draws

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181596812.98621%

966280.691%

18130.01296%

23.6%Say 143 draws

8

3 if 5

16

167613611.98626%

1050320.7511%

20600.01473%

80.00000057%

21.6%125 draws

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207379214.82994%

1104320.78971%

20720.01482%

23.6%125 draws

9

3 if 4

13

158377811.32579%

1123220.80323%

23080.0165%

90.00000064%

22.6%Say 111 draws

3 if 6

19

165251211.81732%

1107730.79215%

22990.01644%

20.6%Say 111 draws

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231271616.53852%

1242360.88843%

23310.01667%

22.6%Say 111 draws

10

3 if 3

10

12623289.02706%

1084350.77543%

25100.01795%

100.00000072%

18.6%100 draws

4 if 5

11

143104810.2336%

1122200.8025%

24710.01767%

4 if 6

13

161569811.55406%

1173300.83904%

24780.01772%

21.6%100 draws

3 if 6

20

184969413.22739%

1240540.88713%

25540.01826%

20.6%100 draws

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254786018.22006%

1380400.98714%

25900.01852%

22.6%100 draws

11

3 if 3

11

164194811.74177%

1335950.95535%

28490.02037%

110.00000079%

21.6%Say 91 draws

3 if 4

14

191221813.67451%

1394360.99712%

28330.02026%

20.6%Say 91 draws

3 if 5

17

219885615.72429%

1474531.05445%

28450.02034%

21.6%Say 91 draws

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278228419.89646%

1518441.08586%

28490.02037%

22.6%Say 91 draws

12

5 if 5

8

6101484.97207%

568680.46341%

22680.01848%

120.00000086%

18.0%Say 83 draws

4 if 4

9

9333246.67432%

1034040.73945%

29640.0212%

14.0%Say 83 draws

3 if 5

18

238411217.04908%

1637761.17118%

31080.02223%

21.6%Say 83 draws

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301630821.56999%

1656481.18457%

23.6%Say 83 draws

13

3 if 6

21

214694215.35305%

1503141.07491%

32160.023%

130.00000093%

21.6%Say 77 draws

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324993223.24067%

1794521.28328%

33670.02408%

23.6%Say 77 draws

14

5 if 6

10

12623289.02706%

1315620.94082%

34080.02437%

140.00000100%

17.6%Say 71 draws

4 if 5

12

194497813.90878%

1680901.20203%

36140.02584%

20.6%Say 71 draws

3 if 4

15

231501616.55497%

1758071.25722%

36020.02576%

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348315624.90848%

1932561.382%

36260.02593%

23.6%Say 71 draws

15

3 if 3

12

206929814.79781%

1745281.24807%

38570.02758%

150.00000107%

20.6%Say 67 draws

3 if 5

19

284967220.37836%

1990601.4235%

38770.02772%

22.6%Say 67 draws

3 if 6

22

246741617.6448%

1799101.28656%

38170.0273%

21.6%Say 67 draws

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370545626.49817%

2070601.48071%

38850.02778%

23.6%Say 67 draws

16

3 if 4

16

282629620.21119%

2149151.53688%

41440.02963%

160.00000114%

22.6%Say 63 draws

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392735628.08501%

2208641.57943%

23.6%Say 63 draws

17

3 if 6

23

282318620.18895%

2110451.50921%

43910.0314%

170.00000122%

19.6%Say 59 draws

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414560229.64571%

2346681.67814%

44030.03149%

23.6%Say 59 draws

18

3 if 5

20

256141218.31697%

2042391.46054%

44930.03213%

180.00000129%

17.6%Say 56 draws

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436344831.20356%

2484721.77685%

46620.03334%

22.6%Say 56 draws

19

4 if 6

15

286386120.47982%

2400471.71661%

49170.03516%

190.00000136%

20.6%Say 53 draws

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458070232.75717%

2622761.87557%

49210.03519%

22.6%Say 53 draws

20

4 if 4

10

12623289.02706%

1656481.18457%

48800.0349%

200.00000143%

20.6%Say 50 draws

3 if 4

17

328063223.46021%

2633671.88337%

51760.03701%

3 if 6

24

311264622.25892%

2350191.68065%

50020.03577%

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479755634.30792%

2760801.97428%

51800.03704%

22.6%Say 50 draws

21

4 if 5

13

251197817.96347%

2427181.73571%

54150.03872%

210.00000150%

20.6%Say 48 draws

3 if 3

13

254053818.1677%

2376781.69966%

53620.03834%

16.6%Say 48 draws

3 if 5

21

288447620.62725%

2420301.73079%

53590.03832%

21.6%Say 48 draws

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500724335.80741%

2898842.073%

54390.03889%

22.6%Say 48 draws

22

5 if 6

11

164194811.74177%

2113431.51134%

54780.03917%

220.00000157%

18.6%Say 45 draws

3x2 if 3

12

206929814.79781%

2500081.78784%

56980.04075%

17.6%Say 45 draws

3 if 5

22

325667123.28886%

2671901.91071%

56980.04075%

19.6%Say 45 draws

3 if 6

25

344625624.6446%

2679721.9163%

56580.04046%

21.6%Say 45 draws

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521653037.30405%

3036882.17171%

56980.04075%

23.6%Say 45 draws

23

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542209938.7741%

3174922.27042%

59570.04260%

230.00000164%

23.6%Say 43 draws

24

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562726840.24129%

3312962.36914%

62160.04445%

240.00000172%

23.6%Say 42 draws

25

3 if 3

14

305104821.81842%

2766681.97849%

63390.04533%

250.00000179%

21.6%40 draws

4 if 6

16

346852024.80382%

3106182.22127%

64670.04625%

19.6%40 draws

3 if 4

18

376128726.89743%

3228362.30864%

64670.04625%

20.6%40 draws

3 if 6

26

393465628.13721%

3111072.22476%

64630.04622%

18.6%40 draws

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582552541.65905%

3451002.46785%

64750.04630%

23.6%40 draws

26

3 if 5

23

373344626.69833%

3100912.2175%

67100.04798%

260.00000186%

18.6%Say 38 draws

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602036843.0524%

3589042.56657%

67340.04816%

23.6%Say 38 draws

27

3 if 6

27

441643431.58247%

3485102.49224%

69930.05001%

270.00000193%

21.6%Say 40 draws

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620860644.39851%

3727082.66528%

22.6%Say 40 draws

28

6 if 6 System 8

8

6566844.69603%

597240.42709%

23240.01662%

280.00000200%

0 to 20.0%Say 36 draws

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639644445.74176%

3865122.764%

72520.05186%

22.6%Say 36 draws

29

4 if 5

14

289396820.69512%

3021482.1607%

73190.05234%

290.00000207%

15.6%Say 34 draws

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658326547.07774%

4003162.86271%

75110.05371%

22.6%Say 34 draws

30

5 if 5

9

9333246.67432%

1034040.73945%

51240.03664%

300.00000215%

14.0%Say 33 draws

3 if 4

19

425037230.39494%

3832032.74033%

77580.05548%

18.6%Say 33 draws

3 if 5

24

409019629.2495%

3490562.49614%

77140.05516%

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676968648.41086%

4141202.96142%

77700.05556%

22.6%Say 33 draws

31

3 if 3

15

359559225.71252%

3480992.4893%

79770.05704%

310.00000222%

19.6%Say 32 draws

3 if 6

28

485971534.75242%

3969622.83872%

80250.05739%

21.6%Say 32 draws

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695546349.73938%

4279243.06014%

80290.05742%

22.6%Say 32 draws

32

4 if 4

11

164194811.74177%

2500081.78784%

75260.05382%

320.00000229%

11.0%Say 31 draws

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714084051.06503%

4417283.15885%

82880.05927%

22.6%Say 31 draws

33

4 if 6

17

407720829.15662%

4012562.86943%

85150.06089%

330.00000236%

19.6%Say 30 draws

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731401252.30341%

4555323.25757%

85470.06112%

23.6%Say 30 draws

34

3 if 5

25

475851634.02874%

4052402.89792%

87330.06245%

340.00000243%

20.6%Say 29 draws

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748678453.53892%

4693363.35628%

88060.06297%

23.6%Say 29 draws

35

3 if 4

20

453091832.40116%

4219173.01718%

89850.06425%

350.00000250%

21.6%Say 29 draws

3 if 6

29

526611037.6586%

4378953.13144%

90330.0646%

22.6%Say 29 draws

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765365754.73225%

4831403.45499%

90650.06482%

23.6%Say 29 draws

36

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782013055.92272%

4969443.55371%

93240.06668%

360.00000257%

23.6%Say 28 draws

37

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798249257.08379%

5107483.65242%

95830.06853%

370.00000265%

23.6%Say 27 draws

38

5 if 6

12

206929814.79781%

3086162.20395%

89160.06376%

380.00000272%

15.6%Say 26 draws

3 if 3

16

416847229.80926%

4381263.13309%

98180.07021%

18.6%Say 26 draws

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814445458.242%

5245523.75114%

98420.07038%

22.6%Say 26 draws

39

3 if 5

26

525379837.57056%

4596803.28723%

100450.07183%

390.00000279%

17.6%Say 26 draws

3 if 6

30

590695442.24136%

4982783.56325%

100890.07215%

22.6%Say 26 draws

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830596359.39697%

5383563.84985%

101010.07223%

40

4 if 5

15

359559225.71252%

4128522.95236%

99910.07145%

400.00000286%

14.6%25 draws

3 if 4

21

510749436.52432%

4858103.47409%

102880.07357%

17.6%25 draws

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846707260.54908%

5521603.94856%

103600.07409%

22.6%25 draws

41

4 if 4

12

206929814.79781%

3598982.57368%

100250.07169%

410.00000293%

11.0%Say 24 draws

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862487361.67753%

5659644.04728%

106190.07594%

22.6%Say 24 draws

42

4 if 6

18

513226236.70144%

5143473.67816%

108780.07779%

420.00000300%

18.6%Say 24 draws

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877962462.78418%

5797684.14599%

108780.07779%

22.6%Say 24 draws

43

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892552963.82756%

5935724.24471%

111370.07964%

430.00000307%

22.6%Say 23 draws

44

3 if 3

17

476367234.06561%

5031123.59782%

113360.08107%

440.00000315%

20.6%Say 23 draws

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907103464.86809%

6073764.34342%

113960.08149%

22.6%Say 23 draws

45

3 if 5

27

577068841.2669%

5274663.77197%

116110.08303%

450.00000322%

17.6%Say 22 draws

3 if 6

31

619299644.28688%

5447953.8959%

115470.08257%

18.6%Say 22 draws

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921585865.90374%

6211804.44214%

116550.08335%

22.6%Say 22 draws

46

3 if 4

22

560252140.06432%

5570533.98355%

118030.0844%

460.00000329%

20.6%Say 22 draws

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936028266.93654%

6349844.54085%

119140.0852%

23.6%Say 22 draws

47

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950156967.9469%

6487884.63956%

121730.08705%

470.00000336%

21.6%Say 21 draws

48

3 if 3

18

537499238.43723%

5614984.01534%

123640.08842%

480.00000343%

18.6%Say 21 draws

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964245668.9544%

66259214.73828%

124320.0889%

23.6%Say 21 draws

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3 if 5

28

603701043.17141%

5567763.98157%

125790.08995%

490.00000350%

21.6%Say 20 draws

3 if 6

32

668850447.83032%

6048044.32503%

126430.09041%

19.6%Say 20 draws

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977228469.88281%

6763604.83673%

126910.09075%

22.6%Say 20 draws

50

5 if 5

10

12623289.02706%

1656481.18457%

100380.07178%

500.00000358%

16.0%20 draws

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990179170.80893%

6901284.93519%

129500.09261%

22.6%20 draws

77

3 if 3

21

724344651.79878%

9324206.66785%

199430.14261%

770.00000551%

19.6%Say 13 draws

3 if 3 Steiner

22

785769656.19136%

9889887.07238%

199430.14261%

17.6%Say 13 draws

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1229399587.91588%

10592007.57447%

199430.14261%

21.6%Say 13 draws

84

6 if 6 System 9

9

9331246.67432%

1034040.73945%

51240.03664%

840.00000600%

20.0%Say 12 draws

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49

1264915190.45565%

11539218.25183%

217560.15558%

21.6%Say 12 draws

85

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49

1269162290.75936%

11674018.34823%

220150.15743%

850.00000608%

23.6%Say 12 draws

86

3 if 4

27

838530059.96432%

10279377.3509%

222140.15886%

860.00000615%

17.6%Say 12 draws

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49

1273200591.04814%

11808458.44437%

222740.15928%

23.6%Say 12 draws

130

3 if 3 Steiner

26

1013012072.44174%

163332011.68007%

336700.24078%

1300.0000092%

16.6%Say 8 draws

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49

1367952097.82394%

176610112.62961%

336700.24078%

22.6%Say 8 draws

163

3 if 6

49

13983816100.00000%

201692514.42328%

421570.30147%

1630.0000116%

16.6%Say 6 draws

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49

1389008499.32971%

219745815.71429%

422170.30190%

22.6%Say 6 draws

210

6 if 6 System 10 *

10

12623289.02700%

1656481.18457%

100380.07178%

2100.0000150%

0 to 21%Say 5 draws

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49

1396643399.87569%

279738620.00445%

543900.38895%

22.6%Say 5 draws

* 1000 plays at 210 plays per draw could easily give nothing over 5 draws and even 10 draws; minimum payout if prize is obtained is 35 CombThrees ie £350.00. If you want regular wins then a System at this number of lines is the worst way to play.

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